to tip
- verb
- /tɪp/
- Please be careful not to tip the glass while pouring the water.
- tip the balance
- tip the scales
- tip in favor of
Now I'm going to tip it, see what it does.
- Now I'm going to tip it, see what it does.
- are the vote that tips the scale and makes that happen.
- The other one tips it towards safer choices.
- So I definitely tip my beanie and shame for that.
Examples
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Tip your hat forward.
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Addiction occurs when a person tips the scale of vulnerability in the direction of the disease.
Academic text (1993) -
Now I'm going to tip it, see what it does.
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I'm just going to tip the excess back into that.
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The other one tips it towards safer choices.
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You gotta keep still or you're gonna tip us over.
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So the block can't slide, but it will tip about this point.
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And it wouldn't take much to tip the Midlands into a big problem.
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Okay, so we use the pulleys to tip over the vat.
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If the front becomes too light, the chair may easily tip into a wheelie during acceleration.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
To bend or rest at an angle against something
To move into a sloping or leaning position
To fall over or make something fall over, often suddenly when it loses balance
Turn something so the side that was up is now down
Flip something so the other side faces up
Make something flip so it is upside down or on its side
Make something fall from a standing position
To move or turn something so it is not straight
To lean or tilt in one direction
Turn something so one end points up
To turn something so it sits at an angle
To tilt a vehicle or plane to one side when turning
To tilt something so it leans at an angle
To turn something so its bottom faces up
To make something that stands fall over
To make something tilt so far that it falls over
To tilt to one side so it is off balance
Tilt a plane or vehicle too far when turning
To lean or bend in one direction, often slowly under extra weight
Move something so it points upward
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Jargon
A shot scored by lightly tapping a rebound into the basket before it hits the ground
- Literature
A short paper that gives advice and guesses about business, stocks, or horse racing
- Specialized
The small part at the back bottom of a shoe that touches the ground and can be replaced
- Jargon
A practice exercise where players tip and pass the ball to improve reaction time and coordination
- US
A large brown bear with light fur on its head in the mountains of western North America
- Specialized
A lean cut of beef from the upper sirloin, slightly less tender than other sirloin cuts
How Tilted
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tip as a verb meaning to lean or overturn comes from the same idea of a small 'point' or edge — imagine tipping a glass from its rim — so to tip something is to make it lean or fall from its upright place.